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Is America Still a Nation of Laws?
19 hours ago ago from We Are Change Colorado Springs
Congress and the White House may have been co-opted by the big lobbyists and Wall Street insiders, but you may assume that at least the third branch of government the courts are still following the rule of law and protecting the little guy. Unfortunately, the American system of justice is also under attack. I'm not talking simply about judicial corruption. True, as I pointed out on February 17, 2009: Senior judges in ...
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7 hours ago ago from Legal Informatics Blog
Professor Adam Candeub & Professor Mae Kuykendall , both of the Michigan State University College of Law , have published E-Marriage: Breaking the Marriage Monopoly . Here is the abstract: This Article advocates updating the law governing marriage formation to recognize the shift in social interactions from real to virtual life. We argue that couples can use internet communications not only to marry when separated by great distance but ...
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21 hours ago ago from HUMODS.com
After hearing passionate arguments from the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court acquiesced and, in a one-line ruling, let stand a lower court decision introducing a shocking new precedent for all future courts to follow: anyone who is arbitrarily declared a "suspected enemy combatant" by the president or his designated minions no longer has any human rights at all. It is hard to overstate the significance of this horrid decision. ...
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Related contentAn important decision for Canadian bloggers everywhere!
13 hours ago ago from CyberSmokeBlog.blogspot.com
Supreme Court to weigh in on free speech issue Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service Published: Monday, December 21, 2009 The Supreme Court must determine if current defamation laws lean too heavily toward protecting reputations, at the expense of freedom of expression guarantees in the Charter of Rights. (Chris Mikula/Canwest News Service) OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada will decide Tuesday whether ...
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WASHINGTON Sidebar Adam Liptaks column about the legal world appears weekly. Adam Liptaks Columnist Page » A Supreme Court clerkship really brightens the legal r , and former clerks have their pick of the best jobs at law firms, in the academy and in government. The career choices they make also say something important about the state of the Supreme Court. A new study has found that former clerks have started to ...
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